Board Meeting 2026-04-28
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This board meeting is scheduled Tuesday 28 April 2026 at 17:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on Loomio and actions on the OSGeo todo issue tracker.
Agenda
Current items
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes
- FOSS4G 2025 Proceedings. Suggested actions:
- OSGeo account and projects on GitHub - (Luís Moreira de Sousa)
- Impact of LLMs on OSS - (Luís Moreira de Sousa)
- FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 Update - (Hiroshima LOC)
- Ambassador Programme
- Add your topic here. Please include what you expect from the board, and include (your name in brackets)!
Minutes
- Presiding: Jeroen
- Scribing: Angelos
- Attending: Joana, Angelos, Jeroen, Mike
- Guests: Luís Moreira de Sousa, Nobusuke Iwasaki
- NO QUORUM - This is a working session, no decisions can be made, no minutes approval is required.
'Review and approve past minutes
- Board_Meeting_2026-03-31
- Minutes not yet on wiki
FOSS4G 2025 Proceedings
- Appoint discovery committee (but whom?) - Ask Alex Leith
- Issue a statement to Members and Conference participants
OSGeo account and projects on GitHub
- Proposal for OSGeo to become a member of Codeberg e.V.
- Gitea is easy to maintain, we could consider keeping it.
- CI/CD is important
- Code review is very useful feature
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2026-April/061554.html
Impact of LLMs on OSS
- New version of the survey available
- Draft of announcement available
- ACTION: Jeroen to publish the message
- https://www.mail-archive.com/qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org/msg57380.html
- https://responsibleai.guide/
FOSS4G Hiroshima 2026 Update
- Status of CfP and Registration: 55 workshops and 360 talks have been accepted; current paid registrations stand at 140 with Early Bird closing May 8th.
- 20th Anniversary Plenary Session: A 90-min session on Sept 1st morning; First half for a historical retrospective (inviting Prof. Venka, Jeff, and Markus), Second half: A panel discussion including board members.
- TGP Fund Transfer: Requesting clarification on the transfer process and the primary point of contact for the Travel Grant funds.
Ambassador Programme
- Gabriele (Spain)
- Peter (Germany)
- Draft proposal/contracts. We can reuse SAC contracts as templates and adapt accordingly.
- ACTION: Create motions to approve appointing the new ambassadors.
Actions
IRC Log
- no log, Jitsi meeting